Draping-machine.



S. S. SENGENBAUGH.

DRAPING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 27, 1907.

Patented Apr.- 8, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1907.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CONWASHINGTON n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL S. SENCENBAUGI-I, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

DRAPING-MAGHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. SENCEN- BAUGI-I, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Aurora, Kane county,.Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Draping-Machines, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the drawings, is a description.

My invention has for its object the production of a machine designed tobe used by tailors, dressmakers, and others who have occasion to drapeskirts or other garments, more especially those garments requiring to beof different lengths at different points, and to be so arranged thatthey present an even and uniform appearance around the bottom.

By my improved draping machine the person for whom the draping is to bedone is placed upon a platform having a centering device so arrangedthat it can be adjusted to different positions, depending upon thelength of the garment, and by means of which the garment may be quicklyand evenly draped the desired length and either marked or pinned inposition for finishing. In one form of the construction here shown Ihave illustrated a revoluble table by means of which the operator mayremain in one place and revolve the platform upon which the customer isstanding, while the garment is being draped. These and other novelfeatures will be hereinafter explained and more fully pointed out, itbeing understood that varying changes in the form, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is afragmentary view illustrating one of the friction rollers; Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a modified form of construction illustrating thedevice without the revoluble table; Fig. 5 is a modified form ofcentering device; Fig. 6 is a sectional detail illustrating the trackupon which the measuring device is moved; and Fig. 7 is a sectional Viewof a modified form of draping arm.

In carrying out my invention the same letters of reference are used toillustrate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A is a platform upon which the person Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27, 1907 thereof a friction roller a.

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Serial No. 404,093.

stands whose garment is to be draped. A base A rests upon the floor andhas rising therefrom a plurality of uprights a, a each of which supportsin a bearing at the top A pedestal B extends upwardly from said base inthe center thereof and has rotatably resting thereon the platform ortable A which turns on the pivot Z). Extending around the outer edge ofthe platform is a plate 5, which has secured thereto a toothed rack 6Extending upwardly from the base A is a support 0 to which is secured avertically extending measuring bar 0 having a scale of inches andfractions thereof marked thereon. Adjustably secured by means of the setscrew a and slidably niovable on said measuring bar 0 is the draping bar0' which is bent on the arc of a circle as shown. This bar may berectangular incross section as shown or V-shaped as shown at c in Fig.7, or it may be provided with an elongated slot through which the clothmay be marked. Supported upon the measuring bar and extending inside ofthe draping bar is a plate 0 which presents a surface against which thecloth may be marked in measuring the desired length, or the cloth may befolded over the bar and pinned. A shaft D is supported in a bearing inthe upright C and one of the uprights a, said shaft extending beyond theouter periphery of the platform A as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and has onthe end thereof a crank d. A pinion d is mounted on said shaft andmeshes with the rack bar to revolve the same.

A bracket E is adjustably attached by means of the screws f, f extendingthrough the elongated slots 7, f into the platform A, and supports across arm 6 at a slight elevation above said platform as shown. Thisbracket and cross arm provides a centering device for the person whosegarment is to be draped, and may be moved nearer to or farther from thecenter of the platform as desired, depending upon the difference of thelength of the garment in the front and at the back. WVhen the garment tobe draped is considerably longer in the back than at the front thecentering device is moved farther from the center of the platform, theperson standing upon the platform having one foot upon each side of thebracket and the bar 6 resting against the ankles, allows the person tomaintain the same position while the garment is being customer standsupon the platform and the measured. Instead of the upright centeringdevice which I have described, the platform might be marked as at 6 6Fig. 5 to' indicate Where the person should stand, "the meeting point ofthe lines 6 6* indicating the center over Which the person. shouldstand.

In the use of the vdevice illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 the customerstands upon the platform, the operator being convenient to the measuringbar, andeas the garment is measured and either marked or pinned over thedraping bar, the platform is revolved by turning the crank cl or it maybe turned by hand. In the device shown in Fig. 4 the operator moves themeasuring bar and draping bar around on the track and marks or pins thegarment in posit-ion.

I claim In a draping machine, the combination of a base, a revolubletable supported thereon, a circular toothed rack upon the under side ofsaid table near the edge thereof, a stationary vertical measuring barsecured to the frame of the base and extending in proximity to theperiphery of the table, a draping bar extending at right angles to themeasuring bar and adjustable vertically thereon, means for locking saidbar in fixed adjustment, and means coacting with said rack bar torevolve said table to bring any side thereof to the measuring anddraping attachment, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL S. SENCENBAUGII.

Witnesses:

G. IV. JOHNSTON, M. A. BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

